USF Picks Up Its First Road Win

Thursday, February 27

Denton, TX

3:00 PM

University of South Florida

North Texas

South Florida Bulls during a match against the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts in Tampa, Fl., on Saturday February 15, 2020.

Photo by: FGCU_TP

USF Picks Up Its First Road Win

February 27, 2020 | Women's Tennis

Bulls defeat North Texas, 4-2, and move to 2-1 against the Mean Green in program history.

TAMPA, FEB. 27, 2020 – The University of South Florida women's tennis team fought hard to earn a 4-2 win over University of North Texas on Thursday.

Strong play helped the Bulls improve to 4-4 on the season and gained their first road win heading into conference play.

Freshman Grace Eland (Manchester, England) and sophomore Laura Pellicer (Gandia, Valencia, Spain) kicked things off with a strong 6-3 doubles match win. Senior Janvhi Clark (Tauranga, New Zealand) and junior Evelyne Tiron (Bucharest, Romania) clinched the doubles point by defeating North Texas' Sophia Hummel and Kexuan Zhou, 6-4.

After North Texas tied the match at one, USF regained the momentum in singles play with the help of Pellicer winning in straight sets on court one, 6-1, 7-6. Sophomore Amelie Boy (Trianon, Mauritius) then gave the Bulls a 3-1 lead by closing out court two. After dropping the first set, Boy won the next sets, 6-4, 6-2, to defeat Alexandra Heczey.

In the decisive match, Eland dropped her first set, but fought back to win the second. In the third set, Eland closed the court and defeated Zhou, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2, clinching the win for the Bulls.

Freshman Lucia Garrigues' (Valencia, Spain) match on court six went unfinished due to the Bulls clinching the win.

Quotable
Head coach Cristina Moros on Thursday's win:
"North Texas as expected definitely gave us a battle today. Credit to them for making it tough for us to put them away. Another opportunity tomorrow to compete!"

Match Results:
Singles competition:
1. Laura Pellicer (USF) def. PONOMAREVA, Maria (UNT) 6-1, 7-6
2. Amelie Boy (USF) def. HECZEY, Alexandra (UNT) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
3. SURAPANENI, Nidhi (UNT) def. Evelyne Tiron (USF) 6-2, 6-3
4. BADWY, Hala Khaled (UNT) def. Alexandria Mjos (USF) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Grace Eland (USF) def. ZHOU, Kexuan (UNT) 2-6, 7-6, 6-2
6. Lucia Garrigues (USF) v. HUMMEL, Sophia (UNT) 7-6, 6-7, unf.
Order of finish: (3,1,2,4,5,6)

Doubles competition:
1. Amelie Boy/Alexandria Mjos (USF) v. HECZEY, Alexandra/BADWY, Hala Khaled (UNT) unf.
2. Grace Eland/Laura Perello (USF) def. PONOMAREVA,Maria/SURAPANENI, Nidhi (UNT) 6-3
3. Janvhi Clark/Evelyne Tiron (USF) def. HUMMEL, Sophia/ZHOU, Kexuan (UNT) 6-4
Order of finish: (2,3,1)

Up Next:
USF starts conference play in Denton,Texas against Memphis tomorrow at 1 p.m.

About Women's Tennis
Be sure to follow USF women's tennis on social media (Twitter / Facebook / Instagram) and visit GoUSFBulls.com for the most up-to-date information. Head coach Cristina Moros will be in her fifth year at the helm, as she led the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.

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